Deputy oil minister named as Iran’s acting OPEC governor

Above, Iranian laborers standing next to a sign displaying safety instructions at the oil facility in the Khark Island. (AFP file photo)

• He replaces Hossein Kazempour Ardebili who died earlier this month

Deputy Oil Minister Amir Hossein Zamaninia has been named as Iran’s caretaker OPEC Governor, replacing Hossein Kazempour Ardebili who died earlier this month, a state-affiliated news website said on Saturday.
A search for a permanent governor is underway, the YJC site said.
Ardebili, who served as Iran’s representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, died on May 16 of a brain haemorrhage two weeks after falling into a coma.